Andrew Seiple's Blog: Transmissions From the Teslaverse - Posts Tagged "blm"

...with apologies to Bob Dylan.

I've seen a lot of protests, in the four decades I've been alive. The Rodney King riots were the first ones to stick in my mind.

Since then I've seen them come and go. And most had their day, and maybe some good came of them, here and there, but for the most part nothing really much changed. The big picture remained the same.

This feels different.

This one... this one has potential. Has SERIOUS potential.

It helps that the cause is righteous and unambiguous. Bad cops and white supremacists are murdering black people, and they are escaping just punishment for their crimes.

This needs to stop.

It IS that simple. There are no shades of gray.

Society wants this to stop.

Black lives do matter.

Because if they don't, then no lives matter.

And it is a horrible fate, to not matter to anyone. I wouldn't wish that on my enemies.

Well.

That's my take on it. You are free to believe as you like. I don't preach, I'm no good at it, and I don't have any special wisdom that you couldn't get off a Saturday morning cartoon with a very special message.

But just... eh, if you want my Saturday-morning wisdom, then I'd recommend you look at the big picture.

And feel the energy of it. Things are gonna change.

History's going to remember this.

It might do well for people who get involved to make sure they end up on the right side of it.

Peace, out.